# Markus W. Covert

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Markus W. Covert Born (1973-04-24)April 24, 1973 Alma mater Brigham Young University, University of California, San Diego Scientific career Fields Cellular model Institutions Stanford University Doctoral advisor Bernhard Palsson Other academic advisors David Baltimore

**Markus W. Covert** (born April 24, 1973) is a researcher and professor of bioengineering at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) who led the simulation of the first organism in software.[1][2][3] Covert leads an interdisciplinary lab of approximately 10 graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.[4]

## Education

Covert received a B.S. in chemical engineering from [Brigham Young University](/source/Brigham_Young_University).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He received a Ph.D. in bioengineering and bioinformatics from the [University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Diego) in 2003[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] for his investigations into the interaction between microbial metabolism and transcriptional regulation under the supervision of [Bernhard Palsson](/source/Bernhard_Palsson).[5] He did his post-doctoral training in mammalian cell signaling at the [California Institute of Technology](/source/California_Institute_of_Technology) under the supervision of [David Baltimore](/source/David_Baltimore).[6]

## Honors and distinctions

- [NIH Director's Pioneer Award](/source/NIH_Director's_Pioneer_Award), 2009[7]

- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship

- Brigham Young University, Ezra Taft Benson Presidential Scholarship, 1991-1997

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Karr, JR; Sanghvi, JC; Macklin, DN; Gutschow, MV; Jacobs, JM; Bolival, B; Assad-Garcia, N; Glass, JI; Covert, MW (2012). ["A Whole-Cell Computational Model Predicts Phenotype from Genotype"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413483). *Cell*. **150** (2): 389–401. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.044](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cell.2012.05.044). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [3413483](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413483). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [22817898](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22817898).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Freddolino, PL; Tavazoie, S (2012). ["The Dawn of Virtual Cell Biology"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430847). *Cell*. **150** (2): 248–250. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.cell.2012.07.001](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cell.2012.07.001). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [4430847](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430847). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [22817888](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22817888).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [John Markoff. In a First, an Entire Organism Is Simulated by Software. *New York Times* (July 20, 2012)](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/science/in-a-first-an-entire-organism-is-simulated-by-software.html?_r=1&hp)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Covert Lab at Stanford University](http://covertlab.stanford.edu/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Covert, MW; Knight, EM; Reed, JL; Herrgard, MJ; Palsson, BO (May 2004). "Integrating high-throughput and computational data elucidates bacterial networks". *Nature*. **429** (6987): 92–6. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2004Natur.429...92C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004Natur.429...92C). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/nature02456](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnature02456). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [15129285](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15129285). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [4403433](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4403433).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Covert, MW; Leung, TH; Gaston, JE; Baltimore, D (2005). ["Achieving stability of lipopolysaccharide-induced NF-kappaB activation"](https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141117-143614166). *Science*. **309** (5742): 1854–7. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2005Sci...309.1854C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005Sci...309.1854C). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1126/science.1112304](https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.1112304). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [16166516](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16166516). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [83751012](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:83751012).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [2009 Pioneer Award Recipients](https://web.archive.org/web/20100527141554/http://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/Recipients09.aspx)

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